ID: IRCNE2012121690
Date: 2012-12-04
According to "techworld", Symantec yesterday announced availability of its first anti-malware software protection that supports VMware's security architecture known as vShield, becoming the latest anti-malware vendor to do so following similar moves by Trend Micro, Kaspersky Lab and McAfee, among others.
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 12.1.2 can be used to scan, detect, block and remediate against anti-malware in Windows hosts used in the VMware environment with the same effectiveness as SEP used in a non-VMware environment, says Director of Product Management Michael Marfise. The updated version of SEP also supports Microsoft Windows 8, as well as Apple Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion.
In August, Jonathan Gohstand, director of product marketing for networking and security at VMware, pledged that VMware would strive to have a more open approach toward working with third-party security vendors. He also noted the security architecture proposed by VMware would be changing and expanding.
Symantec's Marfise said the security firm continues to work with VMware to track and provide input on VMware's evolving security architecture.
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